Native look
System font, native window and menus, light and dark that follow macOS.
Outgrown Apple Mail?
Apple Mail is fine until you get a lot of mail, live in Gmail, or want to keep your hands on the keyboard.
zora is a calm Mac email client made for exactly that.
Still feels like a Mac.
zora doesn't ask you to give up what you like about Apple Mail.
Standard notifications
New mail is a macOS notification and a Dock badge. That's it.
Private by default
Passwords live in the Keychain, and remote images stay blocked until you ask.
What you get on top.
Gmail labels, as labels
Sign in with Google and labels show up as labels, not folders. Threads, spam and trash behave like Gmail.
Keyboard first
A command palette on ⌘K, plus single keys: J K to move, E to archive, R to reply.
Search that narrows
⌘F to search, then filter by sender, dates, excluded words or attachment size.
A calmer inbox
Fewer buttons, more room for your mail. Conversations open beside the list, so you never lose your place.
Nine color themes
Everforest, Flexoki, Gruvbox, Kanagawa, Nord, Rosé Pine, Solarized, Zenwritten and zora's own.
Same accounts
iCloud, Fastmail, Yahoo or any IMAP account, with server settings filled in for common providers.
Fair to say.
Apple Mail is free and comes with every Mac. A few things it does that zora doesn't, so you can decide.
Mac only
There's no zora for iPhone or iPad. Keep using Mail there, your accounts stay in sync on the server.
No Exchange
zora speaks Gmail and IMAP. Work accounts that only offer Exchange won't connect.
Not free
zora costs €99, once. Try every feature free for 14 days before you decide.
Made by one person.
zora is paid for by the people who use it, so its only job is to be a good mail app for them.
Pay once. A lifetime license, no subscription.
No server in between. zora talks straight to your mail provider. Nobody else receives your mail, including me.
No tracking, AI off by default. No analytics, no telemetry. Optional AI features use your own API key and stay off until you turn them on.
A calmer place for your mail.
Requires macOS 14 or later.
Apple, Mac, macOS and iCloud are trademarks of Apple Inc. zora is an independent app and is not affiliated with Apple.